Perseverance Quotes
Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.
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"To persevere is not to remain unchanged."Descartes, René
"Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered."Locke, John
"Excessive grief for long unavailing, is a self-indulgence inconsistent with duty."Locke, John
"The bridge to success is paved with persistent effort."Al-Ghazali
"Perseverance is the victory of will over circumstance."Al-Ghazali
"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt, but the continuance despite it."Avicenna
"Persist through difficulty, for mountains are moved one stone at a time."Maimonides
"Perseverance is the victory of the will over circumstances."Maimonides
"Perfection belongs only to God; man can only strive toward it."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Adversity tests the strength of character and reveals true virtue."Leibniz, Gottfried
"The striving to persevere in one's being is the first and only foundation of virtue."Spinoza, Baruch
"The more we endeavor to live according to reason, the more we endeavor to persevere in our being."Spinoza, Baruch
"The greatest achievement is the conquest of oneself."Descartes, René
"The will to persevere is the foundation of all achievement."Descartes, René
"The soul purifies through hardship and trial."Al-Ghazali
"The greatest struggle is the struggle against one's own self."Al-Ghazali
"The perseverant person fails less often than the quitter."Al-Ghazali
"To persevere is to transform impossibility into possibility."Avicenna
"Perseverance in the face of failure is the hallmark of true character."Locke, John
"Perseverance transforms the impossible into the inevitable."Locke, John
"Sloth and inability have often been the cause of inconstancy and wavering."Hume, David
"Virtue is a habit acquired by practice."Averroes
"Perseverance is the path to all achievement."Averroes
"He who waits for perfect conditions will never begin."Maimonides
"The soul grows through struggle; ease produces stagnation."Maimonides
"We strive to persevere in our being."Spinoza, Baruch
"Virtue consists of the effort to preserve oneself."Spinoza, Baruch
"Perseverance is the discipline of the great souls."Descartes, René
"The persevering man reaches the summit while the doubtful man remains at the base."Avicenna
"The soul that does not strive for improvement stagnates in darkness."Al-Ghazali